Stuart Nuggett and Ray Dimakarri Dixon perform for MPs and call for government’s water trigger to be expanded this year
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“Especially for the next generation and the children of the next generation – fighting for them to be able to have water and a life and be free of poison and destruction of country,” he says. Over two days in Canberra, Nuggett and traditional owners from the Beetaloo region met with government MPs and members of the crossbench.
They also want the government to amend guidelines for the water trigger to require the consideration of the cultural and spiritual value and significance of water resources to First Nations people.The Albanese government has promised to expand the water trigger as part of a package of reforms to Australia’s national environmental laws. But an exposure draft is not expected to be published for public consultation until late this year, meaning legislation will not be introduced before 2024.
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